Biden Drops Suit, Clearing Release of 2016-17 Hur Interview Tapes
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 27
Biden Drops Suit, Clearing Release of 2016-17 Hur Interview Tapes
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 27
Summary
Judge Tanya Chutkan accepted Joe Biden’s voluntary dismissal, ending his bid to block release of audio recordings and transcripts from interviews tied to Robert Hur’s classified-documents investigation.
Biden’s lawyers said he is now a private citizen and not seeking office, removing the basis for continuing a months-long fight to keep the materials sealed.
The Justice Department can now provide redacted recordings and transcripts to the House Judiciary Committee and Heritage Foundation, which pursued them for more than two years through FOIA requests.
A D.C. appeals panel had already sided with disclosure, saying any remaining privacy harm from the redacted materials likely did not outweigh the public interest.
Hur declined to charge Biden over classified documents, but his report cited the recordings in describing memory lapses that intensified scrutiny of Biden’s age and cognition.
What could Biden’s redacted memoir interview recordings reveal that Hur’s report alone did not—and why did courts say the public interest outweighs privacy?